Cyberattack Blamed for Statewide Washington Courts Outage
Unauthorized activity detected on the Washington courts network, which led to websites and other services becoming unavailable.
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9 Steps to Get CTEM on Your 2025 Budgetary Radar
Budget season is upon us, and everyone in your organization is vying for their slice of the pie. Every year, every department has a pet project that they present as absolutely essential to profitability, business continuity, and quite possibly the future of humanity itself. And no doubt that some of these actually may be mission critical. But as cybersecurity professionals, we understand that
Ransomware Attack Disrupts Georgia Hospital’s Access to Health Records
Memorial Hospital and Manor’s access to its Electronic Health Record system was disrupted following a ransomware attack.
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INTERPOL Disrupts Over 22,000 Malicious Servers in Global Crackdown on Cybercrime
INTERPOL on Tuesday said it took down more than 22,000 malicious servers linked to various cyber threats as part of a global operation.
Dubbed Operation Synergia II, the coordinated effort ran from April 1 to August 31, 2024, targeting phishing, ransomware, and information stealer infrastructure.
“Of the approximately 30,000 suspicious IP addresses identified, 76 per cent were taken down and 59
Dubbed Operation Synergia II, the coordinated effort ran from April 1 to August 31, 2024, targeting phishing, ransomware, and information stealer infrastructure.
“Of the approximately 30,000 suspicious IP addresses identified, 76 per cent were taken down and 59
PLCHound Aims to Improve Detection of Internet-Exposed ICS
Georgia Tech researchers have developed PLCHound, an algorithm that uses AI to improve the identification of internet-exposed ICS.
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South Korea Fines Meta $15 Million for Illegally Collecting Information on Facebook Users
South Korea’s privacy watchdog has fined Meta 21.6 billion won ($15 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users.
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South Korea Fines Meta $15.67M for Illegally Sharing Sensitive User Data with Advertisers
Meta has been fined 21.62 billion won ($15.67 million) by South Korea’s data privacy watchdog for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including data about their political views and sexual orientation, and sharing it with advertisers without their consent.
The country’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) said Meta gathered information such as
The country’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) said Meta gathered information such as
Google Cloud to Enforce Multi-Factor Authentication by 2025 for All Users
Google’s cloud division has announced that it will enforce mandatory multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users by the end of 2025 as part of its efforts to improve account security.
“We will be implementing mandatory MFA for Google Cloud in a phased approach that will roll out to all users worldwide during 2025,” Mayank Upadhyay, vice president of engineering and distinguished engineer at
“We will be implementing mandatory MFA for Google Cloud in a phased approach that will roll out to all users worldwide during 2025,” Mayank Upadhyay, vice president of engineering and distinguished engineer at
Google Cloud to make MFA mandatory by the end of 2025
Google has announced that multi-factor authentication (MFA) will be mandatory on all Cloud accounts by the end of 2025 to enhance security. […]